Natakamani

Natakamani
Statue of Natakamani, Argo Island, Tabo Temple, c. 60 CE
Kushite King of Meroë
ReignMiddle 1st century
CoregencyAmanitore (mother)
PredecessorAmanikhabale (?)
SuccessorShorkaror
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Natakamani, also called Aqrakamani, was a king of Kush who reigned from Meroë in the middle of the 1st century CE. He ruled as co-regent together with his mother Amanitore. Natakamani is the best attested ruler of the Meroitic period. He and Amanitore may have been contemporaries of the Roman emperor Nero.

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